Yamazama Posted May 12, 2009 at 04:49 PM Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 at 04:49 PM Hi there, I am new to the forum and I was wondering if anybody could help me out. I just adopted a 2 year old dog that was raised by a Chinese family from puppyhood. The dog knows how to sit, stay, lie down, etc, but it doesn't know the English commands as they would have spoken to it in Chinese. I am not sure what dialect they used or if that even makes a difference but does anybody know the Chinese words for: Sit Lie down Stay Come Praise (good boy etc) Heel Also, if you could type the words phonetically so I can get the pronunciation right that would be very helpful! All the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentyoung Posted May 13, 2009 at 06:27 AM Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 at 06:27 AM I am not sure what dialect they used or if that even makes a difference but does anybody know the Chinese words for: Well, different dialects make great differences to dogs. Anyway, I will try to tell you how the words below pronounce according to the pronunciation of Chinese mandarin. Sit 坐下 Zuo4 xia4 (pinyin) /zo: / /xia: / (International Phonetic Alphabet) Lie down 躺下 Tang3 xia4 (pinyin) /ta: ŋ/ /xia:/ (International Phonetic Alphabet) Stay 别动 Bie2 dong4 (pinyin) /bie/ / do ŋ / (International Phonetic Alphabet) Come 来 lai2 (pinyin) /lai/ (International Phonetic Alphabet) Praise (good boy etc) 乖 Guai1 (pinyin) /guai/ (International Phonetic Alphabet) Heel 过来 Guo4 lai2 (pinyin) /go/ /lai/ (International Phonetic Alphabet) Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamazama Posted May 13, 2009 at 01:42 PM Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 at 01:42 PM Student Young Thank you. I knew the little guy was smarter than he was letting on. Even with my feeble attempt at proper pronunciation he responded correctly to the various commands. Many thanks. Yamazama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted May 13, 2009 at 10:54 PM Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 at 10:54 PM Dude...No offense...that is not IPA (or not Standard Mandarin). Take it down or correct it please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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